Within Bhakti Luhur’s 400 units of care facility in the Malang Region and surrounding areas, there lives a total of 1500 people with disabilities, including those who are mentally handicapped, homeless elderly, and abandoned children. The number consists of (at the time of this writing) 175 adults with disabilities, a minor group of elderly citizens, and the remainders are kids with special needs below 21 years of age. Most of the kids were raised in poverty even before they were sent to the orphanage.

Bhakti Luhur foundation cares for and houses a total number of 5000 people (children and senior citizens with disabilities) throughout Indonesia. 1500 of those are in the Malang Region. The ALMA sisters of Bhakti Luhur are devoting their lives to serve the poor, sick and disabled nationwide. The ALMA sisters (including nurses, social workers and educators) amount to approximately 2000 people.

One of Bhakti Luhur’s outreach programs is CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation). What is it actually?

Bhakti Luhur’s “Community Based Rehabilitation” program has its motto: “Reaching the unreachabale area”. This motto suggests that social workers’ sole mission is to go outward and reach as many people with disabilities as possible; and not the other way around. Our social workers are committed to dedicate their lives seeking poor and disabled people to be saved and nurtured. The target areas are slums and low-income vicinities.

What are the Trustees of Bhakti Luhur’s foundation and who are the members?

The Bhakti Luhur’s trustees is composed of lay people, men and women, who dedicate their lives entirely to children with special needs, as well as the elderly and the displaced. Their mission is to continue the ideals of St. Vincent de Paul and Mother Theresa of Calcutta in regards of serving the poor, disabled and displaced throughout Indonesia.

The members reach out to poor villages and slums, oftentimes living together with the sick and disabled. Their task is to assist and empower the disabled and the poor who are neglected. Through their Community Based Rehabilitation program, they try to change the society’s perspective towards people with disabilities and their search for all the ‘unreachable’ with disabilities in society is endless. They work hand-in-hand with local community groups. They live together in the same houses with the most severe patients with disabilities.

I would like to volunteer for Bhakti Luhur’s community-based social service. How do I do that?

•You can send a proposal to our office at:

Yayasan Bhakti Luhur Malang

Jalan Seruni No. 4-8

PO. BOX 56

Malang (65141)

East Java – Indonesia

Telephone : +62-341-491672WhatsApp : +62-895-359009612

Fax : 62+341-491173

•Or, kindly contact your local ‘PERKASIH’ (Persaudaraan Kasih/Charity Fellowship) in your city. For the time being, our ‘Perkasih’ foundation can only be found in Malang, Jakarta, Surabaya, Banjarmasin, Flores, Merauke.

What are the requirements to become a Bhakti Luhur volunteer, and how to sign up?

You just have to be:

1.Physically and mentally fit

2.Eager to devote a certain time and energy for a good cause

3.Eager to serve and help the less fortunate without reservation

Registration could be done promptly through email by filling out the form, or you can contact our head office in Malang at the address above. You can also contact our offices in different locations nationwide, or register through your local ‘Perkasih’ organization. Your sincere help and goodwill are highly appreciated.

Delivery could be directed to the Head Office at Bhakti Luhur Malang Region, or directly to our branches throughout Indonesia. We are expecting your kind donations to alleviate our operational costs and increasing living costs.

Please bear in mind that if you imported certain goods from overseas, make sure that you meet certain paperwork requirements as regulated by the Indonesian government. It is advisable to declare your donations to the following government’s institutions:

•Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Republic of Indonesia

•Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia

•Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia

•Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia

•Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia

We welcome your kind donations from overseas, and we thank you for your help; however we still need to do some paperworks due to certain administrative taxes and costs imposed to us by the government.